Wiley – Grade IKEE Race #6 1 1/16m Turf Graded StakePurse $650.000 For Fillies And Mares Four Years Old And Upward. Just after I have gotten over the excitement of last week’s incredible sprint race where two champions squared off,… Read More ›
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Mb Aims at a One-Two in Giants Causeway
Giants Causeway – Grade IIIKEE Race #4 5 1/2f Turf Graded StakePurse $350.000 For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. 1 Sweet T Spb Racing Corrales G 125 — No three-year-olds in this race and a short field… Read More ›
Speedsters Take on Limestone Turf Sprint
Limestone Turf SprintKEE Race #4 5 1/2f Turf StakePurse $300.000 For Fillies Three Years Old. 1 Categorical Decision Asgar Gutierrez Mario 120 — She moved from dirt sprinting to turf sprinting to capture two ungraded stakes, the last being the… Read More ›
Starting Over Faces Big Weight Disadvantage in The Apple Blossom Handicap
Outside of the races that are meaningful for the KYD, the Apple Blossom Handicap may be the biggest race that is held at OP. It attracts some of the best female horses every year, and offers a large purse for them. In 2024, that purse saw an additional increase, to the present $1,250.000 level and that is what it will be again.
Heeza Dime Looks Appealing in Fleet Sprint Handicap
OP will give us two exciting races to keep an eye on Saturday, with one of them being the 20th running of the Fleet Sprint Handicap. This race has been a Grade 3 since inception, but has seen it’s purse climb from $100.000 initially to the present $500.000, which began in 2020.
Makers Mark Mile Isn’t a BC Race, It Just Looks Like One
Last year in the Makers Mark Mile, the rain came and left us with soft turf. It would not dampen the action on the track, as a close finish saw Jacks Courage and King Luka finish in a dead heat. Now, a little more has been added to purse, up by $50.000 to $650.000, and an attractive field of twelve will be taking part.
Can Mb Qualify the Entire Barn for The KYD? It’s Time for Lexington
4/12/2025 5 KEE Lexington (GII) [KYD] $400.000 3yo 11/16th Mile Dirt 120lbs We are down to the final KYD points race and its hail-Mary time for some barns. We look… Read More ›
Mb Stables Wins Another Derby Prep: This Time SA Derby with The Golden Age
After winning the BG Stakes, there was more work to be done for Mb Stables out west in the SA Derby, as the trainer had three entered in the SA Derby. In the end, he would see one of his horses, The Golden Age, pick up the win, giving him five horses in the top nine of the KYD leaderboard.
Race Of the Year So Far Goes to the Great Champion Mare Lady Sammyantha
Vinery Madison – Grade I 7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $650.000 Filly & Mare 4 Year Olds And Up. 1st Lady Sammyantha The Sidley Stud Lopez P This brilliant filly is in such irresistible form at the moment and always… Read More ›
Sannys Legacy Honors Her Namesake with Victory in Appalachian
Appalachian – Grade II 1 Mile Turf Stake Purse $500.000 Filly 3 Year Olds. 1st Sannys Legacy Threshold Lopez P There is no doubt that an off track helps a closer and in a perfect storm of perfect circumstances today… Read More ›